ICSB 2002 World Conference

The 47th ICSB World Conference was held in June 2002 in Puerto Rico. Over 600 participants from 33 countries of all regions of the world attended the event.The participation and sponsorship of the key players in economic development and business from Puerto Rico represented the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico places in fostering entrepreneurship and business development.

The keynote presentations included three of the recipients of the world’s most prestigious awards in entrepreneurship and small business research;

• David Birch
• David Audretsch
• Zoltan Acs
• Entrepreneur Angelo Medina whose company is among the top 10 in the world of entertainment

The social and cultural program allowed participants to experience some of the music, folklore and culinary delights of beautiful Puerto Rico. This edition of the Bulletin shares some pictures from the conference to bring good memories for those that attended and to promote among all the attendance to the 48th ICSB World Conference to take place in June of 2003.

Best Papers

Best Empirical Paper

Joris Meijaard, Maryse Brand and Marco Mosselman of Netherlands for the paper “Strategy, Structure and Performance in Dutch SME’s”

Best Theoretical Paper

Joao Ferreira of Portugal for the paper “Corporate Entrepreneurship: A strategic and Structural Perspective”